20h Event : “If the doors shut behind you, you are a migrant #2:
Precarity has no borders!“

The implementation of an allegedly universal „Freedom of Movement“ for European citizens within the EU has always been closely tied to restrictive measures of constraining the mobility of people without European citizenship. In accordance to the needs of European labour markets, the European migration regime attempts to regulate migration in order to „sort out“ people that are „needed“ – unprotected labour force for seasonal work, f.e. – and people that are not „needed“ and therefore unwanted. In last years, the restrictive measures to hinder „unwanted“ people from moving to the EU have taken on more and more violent forms. Especially at the EU’s outer frontiers at the Mediterranean, migration policies have reached a level of violence that a number of migration researchers start comparing the situation to a war against migrants [1].

In this second event on Mobility and Migration, we want to inform ourselves about the specific nature the border regime has taken on at the Greek, Italian and Spanish borders – connecting these sights to the policies at Austria’s „internal border“, where the criminalization of migration centres around measures such as the Dublin Regulation or the § 114 against “human smuggling”.

However, resistance against the violent European migration regime has also risen in the last years – especially due to the Refugee movements in many European countries. In the second part of this event, we want to discuss practices of resistance: Activists from WatchTheMed will present the new Alarm Phone Project established to support rescue operations for migrants in distress at sea, and we will discuss forms to get involved into current struggles around mobility.
[UPDATE:] Two activists involved in the ongoing “Schleppereiprozess” [2] against eight people accused of human smuggling will join us and talk about support for people criminalized under § 114!

Come and discuss with us!

Precarity has no borders – Mobility for all!

Precarity Office Vienna
@ Wipplingerstrasse 23, 1010 Vienna (down some stairs – unfortunately the building is not wheelchair accessible, get in touch if you want us to figure out a way anyways)